Castle Hill

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 73,819 people in Castle Hill of these 48.8% were male and 51.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Castle Hill was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.3% of the population.

Of people in Castle Hill aged 15 years and over, 60.6% were married and 6.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Castle Hill was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Castle Hill, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 3.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Castle Hill was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Castle Hill 32.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.1% were in primary school, 26.5% in secondary school and 26.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Castle Hill were English 20.1%, Australian 19.6%, Chinese 13.1%, Irish 6.3% and Scottish 5.1%.

In Castle Hill, 58.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 5.3%, England 3.8%, Hong Kong (SAR of China) 3.1%, India 3.0% and Korea, Republic of (South) 2.3%.

In Castle Hill, 36.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 53.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Castle Hill were Catholic 28.7%, No Religion 17.9%, Anglican 17.3%, Buddhism 4.3% and Uniting Church 4.2%.

In Castle Hill 63.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Cantonese 7.4%, Mandarin 5.6%, Korean 2.8%, Arabic 1.7% and Hindi 1.4%.

Employment

There were 39,107 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Castle Hill. Of these 61.9% were employed full time, 29.1% were employed part-time and 4.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Castle Hill, 11.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Castle Hill was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Castle Hill included Professionals 31.6%, Managers 17.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.8%, Sales Workers 9.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 9.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.7%, Labourers 4.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.4%.

Of the employed people in Castle Hill, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.4%, Computer System Design and Related Services 3.9%, Hospitals 3.4%, Legal and Accounting Services 3.3% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Castle Hill was $707.

In Castle Hill, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.9%, Bus 9.3%, Car, as passenger 4.1%, Train 1.7% and Train, car as driver 1.3%. On the day, 15.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 66.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Castle Hill, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.4% provided care for children and 11.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.5% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Castle Hill, 26.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Castle Hill, 59.1% were couple families with children, 29.6% were couple families without children and 10.3% were one parent families.

In Castle Hill 16.2% of single parents were male and 83.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Castle Hill, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,068 and those without children was $2,534.

Employment status of couple families

In Castle Hill, of couple families with children, 24.3% had both partners employed full-time, 3.5% had both employed part-time and 22.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Castle Hill, 95.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Castle Hill, 79.9% were separate houses, 12.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 7.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Castle Hill, of occupied private dwellings 1.9% had 1 bedroom, 7.6% had 2 bedrooms and 27.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.7. The average household size was 3.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Castle Hill, 38.2% were owned outright, 43.2% were owned with a mortgage and 15.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Castle Hill, of all households, 85.9% were family households, 12.6% were single person households and 1.4% were group households.

In Castle Hill, 12.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 27.4% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Number of motor vehicles

In Castle Hill, 25.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 46.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 22.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Castle Hill, there were 206 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 87 (or 42.2%) were male and 119 (or 57.8%) were female. The median age was 26 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In Castle Hill, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.6, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,732.

In Castle Hill, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $435 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,817.